The problems that would follow could have been avoided with a quick and easy clean-up. Join author Michael Holm as he tells the tale of Little Princess Sadie, A Poem About the Sour Smell of a Lovely Little Lady. Sadie's smell becomes unbearable, and her life is a terrible mess, but after learning an important life lesson, will she turn back into a delightful princess? Young readers will love this exciting tale and the lesson that it holds, so take a deep breath and join Princess Sadie, but don't forget to hold your nose!
Fate and Destiny battle for this Dragoness' soul, but only her Shadow knows the truth... Sadie’s life has never been easy, but then is anyone’s? She's taken every obstacle, every trial…every tribulation, and turned it to her advantage. Now, the stakes are higher than ever before... Secrets, ancient curses, and a prophecy she's been running from for over a century have all come to find her. Can she prevail once again? Can she face the winds of change? Can she defeat the evil threatening her happily ever after and save the one man meant to fight by her side?
Sadie is an adventurous eight-year-old who spends the summers with her grandparents. But when her adventurous nature leads her into the realm of fairies and magic, she finds herself running for her life from the dark king himself. Daghan, the fairy queens mightiest warrior, has been assigned the task of getting Sadie and her grandmother back to the human world safely. With the dark king hot on their trail, Daghan finds himself needing help from three surprising allies: elves. Ride with the troop as they fight their way to the top of Mystic Mountain, battling undead creatures and the different fae that inhabit their realm.
Sadie, a little mountain girl, found a need to leave her home near the sky where anguish, misery, and sorrow was her life. She and her courageous German Shepherd dog, whom she found dying in the deep primitive wilderness, became inseparable. They made their way through dark forests to the sea. There, she met a family who swept her into their arms and away from her despicably rejected life. They saw her as precious and accepted her into their family. Her needs came to her from their understandings of her remarkable character. The manifestation of her prosperity and good will came to be a part of her life. She grew to be a fine young lady, became a physician and surgeon, remained forever humble, and was loved by all including the simple folks across the open land who knew her as their Angel in times of joy, sorrow, sadness, and gladness.
Although her day got off to a bad start, Sadie, a high-flying cat, is confident that she can make the air mail run to Knuckle Peak Weather Station, even after the station reports that a storm is headed their way.
Sadie may seem like any other little girl, but like any other little girl, Sadie is absolutely individual, and along with her little puppy, Winnie, by her side – her curiosity quite rightly gets the better of her as she explores and experiences the world around her. In her own individual style she will take you on a journey through 35 of her very own stories. Like every little girl should, Sadie doesn’t quite understand the strange idea of becoming ‘a grown-up’, she has much better things to enjoy – just as you will too when you join Sadie and her never-ending curiosity.
THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the critically-acclaimed author of House of Salt and Sorrows comes a mesmerizing and chilling fairy-talesque novel about Ellerie Downing, a young woman in a small town with monsters lurking in the trees and dark desires hidden in the shadows—in Amity Falls, nothing is more dangerous than a wish come true. Ellerie Downing is waiting for something to happen. Life in isolated Amity Falls, surrounded by an impenetrable forest, has a predictable sameness. Her days are filled with tending to her family's beehives, chasing after her sisters, and dreaming of bigger things while her twin, Samuel, is free to roam as he wishes. Early town settlers fought off monstrous creatures in the woods, and whispers that the creatures still exist keep the Downings and their neighbors from venturing too far. When some townsfolk go missing on a trip to fetch supplies, a heavy unease settles over the Falls. Strange activities begin to plague the town, and as the seasons change, it's clear that something is terribly wrong. The creatures are real, and they're offering to fulfill the residents' deepest desires, however grand, for just a small favor. These seemingly trifling demands, however, hide sinister intentions. Soon Ellerie finds herself in a race against time to stop Amity Falls, her family, and the boy she loves from going up in flames. "Unique, enchanting, and haunting."—Brigid Kemmerer, New York Times bestselling author of the Cursebreaker series “Sweet, dark, and complex as wildflower honey.”—Hannah Whitten, New York Times bestselling author of For the Wolf “Small Favors is an eerie fairytale that I couldn’t put down.”—Alexis Henderson, author of The Year of the Witching
The Nanny Diaries meets The Wedding Planner in this smart, dishy novel from the author of Secret Lives of Husbands and Wives—featuring a woman who runs San Francisco’s premier baby planning company and the mommies-to-be who seek out her services. Katie Johnson may make her living consulting with new moms on the latest greatest baby gadgets no parent should be without, or which mommy meet-ups are the most socially desirable, or whether melon truly is the new black, but the success of her marriage to her husband, Alex, depends on controlling her own urges toward motherhood. He's adamant that they stay childless. Sure, Katie understands that he's upset over the fact that his out-of-town ex-wife rarely lets him see their ten-year-old son, Peter. But living vicariously through her anxious clients and her twin sisters' precocious children only makes Katie resent his stance more deeply. While helping a new client—Seth Harris, a high tech entrepreneur who must raise Sadie, his newborn daughter, as a single parent after the tragic death of his wife in childbirth—maneuver the bittersweet journey from mourning husband and reticent father to loving dad, Katie’s own ideals about love, marriage, and motherhood are put to the test as she learns ones very important lesson about family: How we nurture is the true nature of love. "Josie "Brown takes baby mania to its illogical, hysterical extreme in this bubbly romp. But what begins as a light foray into Bugaboo country turns into something bigger than a satire of status-obsessed Bay Area yummy mummies as Brown takes a dark look at the fears of parenthood and family, with Katie's heartbreaking longing for a child unveiling a disturbing reality about her marriage and family. Still, the message from the somber realities is one full of hope: love makes a family, commitment keeps it together." —Publishers Weekly "We love Josie Brown. Plain and simple. We first fell for her when we read the impossibly delicious Secret Lives of Husbands and Wives, and now we’re falling all over again after consuming her latest fun, funny and completely satisfying novel, The Baby Planner." -- Liz Fenton and Lisa Steinke
Life could not be sweeter for ten year old Sasha... Sasha lives the good life and is the darling of her fifth grade class. Suddenly, her father loses his job, sending Sasha and the rest of her family into a downward spiral filled with drugs, disappointment, and disaster. To cope, Sasha empowers herself by bullying her best friend whose kindness and empathy only enrage her more. Sasha's struggle with life, school, and failed dreams takes its toll in bouts of rage enacted on anyone who gets in her way--even her sister. It isn't until she commits the ultimate act of unmerited vengeance against her best friend that she learns the truth. Will it be too late for Sasha to make things right?
